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Salinity Gradient Energy

2010
There exists a huge potential for the generation of energy from the mixing of saltwater and freshwater. The potential is 2.6 TW, which is more than the global electricity consumption (2.0 TW). Two membrane-based technologies exist to convert this potentially available energy into useful power: pressure-retarded osmosis (PRO) and reverse electrodialysis
Nijmeijer, Dorothea C., Metz, S.J.
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Salinity‐Gradient Power Generation with Ionized Wood Membranes

Advanced Energy Materials, 2019
Reverse electrodialysis (RED) is known as an efficient way of converting the salinity gradient between river water and sea water into energy. However, the high cost and complex fabrication of the necessary ion exchange membranes greatly prohibit the ...
Qingyun Wu   +8 more
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Power from salinity gradients

Energy, 1978
Abstract A large source of energy exists at the interface between water bodies of different salinities. Two techniques, pressure-retarded osmosis and reverse electrodialysis, appear to be promising entrees into this energy source. Although the present cost of membranes suitable to these methods is too high, a research and development effort should ...
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Bioinspired Nanoporous Membrane for Salinity Gradient Energy Harvesting

, 2020
Yahong Zhou is an assistant Professor at TIPC. She received her bachelor's degree from Jilin University in 2009 and PhD from the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2014 under the supervision of Prof. Lei Jiang.
Yahong Zhou, Lei Jiang
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The communities and functional profiles of virioplankton along a salinity gradient in a subtropical estuary.

Science of the Total Environment, 2020
Viruses are the major drivers shaping microorganismal communities, and impact marine biogeochemical cycling. They are affected by various environmental parameters, such as salinity.
Chen Zhang   +6 more
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Anomalous pH‐Dependent Nanofluidic Salinity Gradient Power

Small, 2017
AbstractPrevious studies on nanofluidic salinity gradient power (NSGP), where energy associated with the salinity gradient can be harvested with ion‐selective nanopores, all suggest that nanofluidic devices having higher surface charge density should have higher performance, including osmotic power and conversion efficiency.
Li‐Hsien Yeh   +3 more
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Asymmetric responses of spatial variation of different communities to a salinity gradient in coastal wetlands.

Marine Environmental Research, 2020
Various ecological communities are susceptible to the salinity gradients in coastal wetlands. Remane diagram has well described the macrozoobenthos diversity pattern along salinity gradients. Yet, further research is still needed, that is, the changes in
Xiaoxiao Li   +7 more
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Paper-based energy harvesting from salinity gradients

Lab on a Chip, 2016
Environment-friendly and flexible paper-based energy harvesting with a simple configuration is proposed using the principle of reverse electrodialysis (RED). Owing to the intrinsic capillary flow in paper, a pump-less and truly portable paper based power source is realized and it can be integrated directly with μPADs as a practical application.
Hyung-Kwan, Chang   +2 more
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Hydrodynamic slip enhanced nanofluidic reverse electrodialysis for salinity gradient energy harvesting

, 2020
Nanofluidic reverse electrodialysis offers an alternative way to harvest the widely-existing salinity gradient energy. In this study, we investigate the impacts of surface hydrodynamic slip modification on the ionic current rectification and salinity ...
R. Long   +4 more
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Salinity Gradient Power: Utilizing Vapor Pressure Differences

Science, 1979
By utilizing the vapor pressure difference between high-salinity and low-salinity water, one can obtain power from the gradients of salinity. This scheme eliminates the major problems associated with conversion methods in which membranes are used. The method we tested gave higher conversion efficiencies than membrane methods.
M, Olsson, G L, Wick, J D, Isaacs
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